In this conversation, in an extensive and interesting manner, Nataša Bogojević describes contemporary music scene in America, especially in Chicago, where she lives and works. In the first part of the conversation the comparison between music education systems at American and Serbian universities is emphasized. In the second part she talks about contemporary American composers, with a critical view of those who compose only film music. She also points out that the minimalistic stream is still dominant in America. Further in the conversation she explains how, after a ten-year break in composing, she started searching for new sounds and got the idea to merge the elements of Serbian folklore music (užičko kolo, narikače, spells) with the simplicity of American minimalism, explaining in details that process using the example of her multimedia work Bajalica (Incantations) and the piano composition Kolo. This distinctive synthesis has infused her music poetics.